Month: January 2010
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X-Country X-2
According to our neighbors, our role as parents must include teaching our kids to swim, skate and bicycle. Well… that was last week. This week, skiing is on the list. So how are we doing? Ice skating – check. Biking – check. Swimming – almost check, but still some work to do. Downhill skiing –…
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Luggage? What luggage?
So what does it take for a family of five to travel? Let’s complicate things a bit… and go first to Santa Fe (freezing temps and snow), then to Hawaii (warm and sunny swimsuit weather), then to San Francisco (somewhere in between). Oh – and let’s make it Christmas, so that we have to move…
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Why We Went Halfway Around the World
I think this says it all – the thousand words of picture. A few of those thousand spring to mind at once – sunshine, water, waves, surf, heat, laughter, togetherness, siblings. And a few… well, you just had to be there. Like… We can’t wait to go back!
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Slowly Posting Our Holiday
When we went on holiday, I vowed to blog about the trip. At the same time, I promised to spend the minimum possible time on the computer. I guess you see what won out – and now I’m doing a bit of catch-up at the end of January. Christopher wasn’t too sure about the surfing…
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The Eyeball Police
Jet lag really sucks. I – personally – am usually not that bothered, but throw three kids in the mix and it really starts to take a toll on the family. Benjamin seems to have the worst time coming back to Sweden – I guess he has such an easy time falling asleep that he’s…
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A Milestone Reached
As we tucked into our first dinner in San Francisco, it happened. Christopher’s loose tooth (toof?) that has been bothering him for the past two weeks finally fell out. It isn’t his first tooth, but this one seems symbolic – my baby, who now looks very “six”, is growing up. Here he is in all…
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The Ones that Got Away
We had a wonderful time in Hawaii – 12 glorious, sunny days full of sun and activities. We took a lot of pictures, but missed getting some of the best shots… I guess I’ll just have the memories… and all the other pictures I did manage to take!